Austrian cows enjoying the high life near the Zillertal. The gentle clanking of cowbells is one of the charming sounds of the Alps; and the cows themselves seem to have a very phlegmatic approach to life. Perhaps I’ve only ever seen the tourist-trained ones!
A herd like this is pastured on the high Alpine herb-meadows, full of sweet grasses, flowers, and herbs. This explains why the local milk, cheeses, and chocolate always delight the palate. Free-ranging animals with few predators- although the weather in mountains is always unpredictable and sometimes severe. At the end of the summer, the herds are brought down to the valley pastures and cowsheds. Their diet continues to be fragrant: farmers make hay all summer, and stores are dotted all over the lower fields.
Cows are fortunate not to have computers, radios or TVs to worry them with the latest absurdities and hatreds that afflict our supposedly “superior” intelligence and way of life. Chilled milch… contentedly mooving in the mooment!
Can we learn from the animal kingdom? Why not? It may be difficult for us to “block out” the external troubles and intrusive media noise. But if we can train ourselves to make space and time to experience life “now” it becomes richer, deeper, and highly significant. Society seems intend on breeding speed and shallowness into life. God intended for us to live at a deeper level, practicing an awareness of His Presence and qualities; we seem incapable or at least unwilling to do so. It takes time and effort to train ourselves to slow down and dig down.
Jesus sets out the way to live in freedom and peace:-
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Today has enough trouble of its own. - Matthew 6 v33-34
The Reflectionary 
Good word
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